# Box.\_width & loadMove(.jpg)

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**Created:** [April 2, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/box--width-loadmove-jpg/47313 "2004-04-02T16:14:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/box--width-loadmove-jpg/47313/1 "2004-04-02T16:14:26Z")

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Hi there,  
I’m making some sort of a slideshow, if I load a jpg into a “box”, with createEmptyMovieClip, the width of this box is 0.  
How do I get the width of this box (= width of the picture) and how to resize it with box.\_width & height.

:-/